Rough Monday: Princess Pondering

So did you hear the one about the Disney Princess and the iconic female super-hero?

Here’s my latest — this was for week three of CBR’s “The Line Is Drawn” try-outs. The theme was “comic book characters in different genres.” I really went for the Disney-style vibe in this one, so I had to do some research on Prince Charmings and Fairy Godmothers…

The Twitter suggestion was “Wonder Woman as a Disney Princess,” which you can take in a number of directions. I knew I wanted to challenge the “princess waiting for rescue” notion, and I knew Diana wouldn’t be that princess. So the concept came pretty easily…

Here’s the pencil rough…

I usually do my inking and coloring in Adobe Illustrator, using my Wacom Tablet. So here’s what that looked like:

But I really wanted that lush Disney look… so off to Adobe Photoshop for some shading and texturing…

… and viola!

What I didn’t anticipate is the viral-ness of the image! It seems to have really struck a chord from all the shares, notes, reblogs and comments I’ve been receiving! So thanks, one and all!

Great cartoon! I just forwarded the URL to my sister. My nieces love Disney and Wonder Woman – she’s awesome ’cause she’s a superhero (yes, girls can think superheroes are cool too) and a princess. I’m not sure how the blood on the sword will go over, but maybe they won’t notice it.